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4/30/2026 9:14am 
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Flood Warning

Issued by the National Weather Service - Paducah, KY

    FLOOD WARNING  

Alexander County, IL; Scott County, MO

Flood Warning issued April 29 at 12:20PM CDT until May 6 at 1:00AM CDT by NWS Paducah KY

FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO WEDNESDAY, MAY 06

Areas Affected: Alexander, IL; Scott, MO

Urgency: Immediate

Severity: Severe

Certainty: Observed

Alert Sent: Wednesday 12:20pm CDT

Alert Effective: Wednesday 12:20pm CDT

Alert Expires: Thursday 2:30pm CDT (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Friday 9:24am CDT

Event Ends: Wednesday 1:00am CDT

Issued by: NWS Paducah KY

Details: 
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO WEDNESDAY, MAY 06...

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
Missouri...Illinois...

Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau affecting Alexander, Cape
Girardeau, Scott, Union, Jackson and Perry Counties.

Mississippi River at Thebes affecting Alexander and Scott
Counties.

For the Mississippi River...including Cape Girardeau, Thebes,
Hickman, New Madrid...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Mississippi River at Thebes.

* WHEN...From Friday morning to Wednesday, May 06.

* IMPACTS...At 34.0 feet, The town of Thebes begins to flood.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 12:00 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 29.5 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late Friday morning to a crest of 35.8 feet early Sunday
afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage Tuesday
evening.
- Flood stage is 33.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Information: 
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

Meta data: 
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4da658b0a501a2fb38dbd238284d72e54ab6f156.002.1
Codes: ILC003, MOC201
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4da658b0a501a2fb38dbd238284d72e54ab6f156.002.1